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OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem
Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoningOpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old maths problem.The company behind ChatGPT said it had made a breakthrough with a challenge first posed by Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős in 1946: the planar unit distance problem. Continue reading...
How do hurricanes and typhoons form and is climate change making them stronger?
How do hurricanes and typhoons form and is climate change making them stronger?6 days agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMark PoyntingClimate researcherReutersHurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica in October 2025, was one of the strongest storms ever recordedThe 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be quieter than usual, according to the US science agency NOAA.It has forecast between three and six hurricanes between June and November - compared with the average of seven.Meanwhile the...
2026 hurricane season will see below average tropical activity, NOAA says
NOAA forecasters have released their outlook for the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season.
A trillion dollar question: Will SpaceX's Starship launch go well?
Space A trillion dollar question: Will SpaceX's Starship launch go well? May 21, 202611:26 AM ET By Geoff Brumfiel , Maria Aspan SpaceX's latest version of it's mega rocket Starship goes through testing as it is prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP As SpaceX prepares for its public offering, it's undergoing a critical test of the largest rocket ever built. Later on Thursday, the company is set to conduct a...
NOAA releasing 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook
U.S. NOAA releasing 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook By Emily Mae Czachor Emily Mae Czachor News Editor Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at CBSNews.com. She typically covers breaking news, extreme weather and issues involving social justice. Emily Mae previously wrote for outlets like the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Newsweek. Read Full Bio Emily Mae Czachor May 21, 2026 / 10:57 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and...
Private Credit’s Unthinkable Becomes Reality as Trading Revs Up
Private credit managers are increasingly turning to the once-unthinkable: Trading in and out of loans to dump troubled assets and hunt for bargains amid the industry’s first stress test after years of breakneck growth.
We’re ‘green chemists’ – why we think this emerging science can transform the way the world uses its resources
Corona Borealis Studio / ShutterstockSociety depends on chemistry far more than we consciously realise, from medicines to energy to electronics. However, chemistry is viewed with as much apprehension as gratitude, because of the pollution and health problems that some chemicals cause. There is a strong desire to have all the benefits of chemistry, but none of the downsides. This has led to terms like “chemical free product” coming into popular usage. Of course it’s impossible to have a chemi...
Airbus, Air France Culpable for AF447 Crash, French Court Rules
Airbus SE and Air France were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly crash of a passenger jet en route from Brazil to Paris 17 years ago after a French appeals court overturned a previous ruling.
Massive fireball lights up the sky across Australia's east coast
Massive fireball lights up the sky across Australia's east coastA fireball was spotted over SydneyREAD MORE: Expert's chilling bull shark warning for Sydney See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy ASHLEY NICKEL, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 13:35, 21 May 2026 | Updated: 13:35, 21 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Why Do Humans Have Unique Voices? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains The Anatomy That Makes You Unmistakable
InnovationScienceWhy Do Humans Have Unique Voices? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains The Anatomy That Makes You UnmistakableByScott Travers,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world.Follow AuthorMay 21, 2026, 08:30am EDTEvery human voice is acoustically unique. The anatomy and evolutionary history behind that fact turns out to be one of biology’s better surprises.gettyThe human vocal tr...
SpaceX to launch an even bigger Starship prototype
SpaceSpaceX to launch an even bigger Starship prototypeThe new third-generation Starship, dubbed V3, which is larger, more powerful and a step closer to being fully reusable, is expected to launch Thursday evening.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Starship V3 on the launch pad during a "wet" dress rehearsal.SpaceXShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 21, 2026, 8:24 AM EDTBy Denise ChowSpaceX is set to launch a new prototype of its Starship megarocket on a key test flight Thursday — on...
Divers killed in Maldives cave may have taken wrong tunnel: "No way out"
World Divers killed in Maldives cave may have taken wrong tunnel, recovery firm CEO says: "No way out" May 21, 2026 / 8:16 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Five Italians killed in a Maldives diving incident may have taken the wrong tunnel on their way out of an underwater cave, the head of the company that recovered their bodies said Thursday.Finnish divers working for DAN Europe found the Italians in a corridor with a dead end inside the cave complex, which sits about 165 feet underwater...
Decarbonising everything is impossible – here’s why
MOLPIX/Shutterstock, CC BY-NC-NDWalk into any supermarket and you are surrounded by carbon. Not the kind measured in parts per million in climate reports, but carbon in its most tangible form: the polymer shell of a shampoo bottle, the insulation behind the ceiling tiles, the synthetic fibres in the bag hanging from your wrist. These are not accidental byproducts of the fossil fuel era. They are its second act, less visible than combustion but no less consequential. The global conversation a...
Archaeologists uncover massive ancient site during rail project, including rare Roman find
Archaeologists in Central Europe have uncovered more than 1,000 ancient artifacts ahead of railway construction, including a rare Roman-era tool used to make metal wire.The news was announced in an April press release from the Archaeological Center Olomouc (ACO), a research institution in the Czech Republic.The finds were made along a roughly three-quarter-mile stretch that will serve as part of a high-speed railway between Nezamyslice and Kojetín, two Czech towns in the Haná River valley.TREASU...
Temple that has housed Japan's 'eternal flame' for 1,200 years is destroyed by fire
The devastating blaze gutted part of Daishoin Temple on Miyajima Island in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Wednesday.
For peat’s sake: RHS faces conservative backlash over Chelsea flower show
Critics of Royal Horticultural Society turn hose on corporate sponsorship, peat-free compost and general ‘wokery’There was King Charles and David Beckham as well as a nocturnal garden to support bats and a Viking-themed allotment full of edible plants in pots. The Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea flower show, which ends on Saturday, was as lovely and celebrity-glittered as ever, most agreed.But dig a little deeper, say critics on the conservative wing of the RHS – including one spectacularl...
Finnish rescue divers believe they may have SOLVED Maldives cave dive mystery that claimed five lives - with 'sand wall illusion' to blame
Finnish rescue divers believe they may have SOLVED Maldives cave dive mystery that claimed five lives - with 'sand wall illusion' to blameSee more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy SABRINA PENTY, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:16, 21 May 2026 | Updated: 11:17, 21 May 2026 e-mail View comments
Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear. (Image credit: Jodi Hilton for NPR)
Archaeology breakthrough as six 19th century coins discovered underneath HMS Victory
A collection of six coins and tokens dating from the nineteenth century has been unearthed from beneath the foremast of HMS Victory in a major archaeological breakthrough.It comes as part of the warship's ongoing £42million restoration project at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.The artefacts came to light after conservators successfully lifted the foremast from Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson's legendary flagship during work on HMS Victory: The Big Repair.Andrew Baines, Executive Director of Museum Operat...
Sheikha Latifa hosts Dubai innovation majlis to drive global research partnerships and commercialisation - Emirates 24|7
Sheikha Latifa hosts Dubai innovation majlis to drive global research partnerships and commercialisation Emirates 24|7